LAWS OF PROSPERITY IN THE HOME : 9-4&5. Swami Chidananda

17/02/2017.

9. Manifestations of Lakshmi in the Home-4&5

4. Charity :

Charity : - This is also an important manifestation of Mother Lakshmi in the Grihasthashrama.

The Grihastha (householder) has the unique privilege of sharing what he has with others of the three Ashramas—the Brahmacharis who wish to carry on their studies, the wandering Sannyasin and also the Vanaprasthin who has renounced home and is living a holy life and preparing to qualify for the fourth order of Sannyasa.

To give charity to these three classes of beings is a rare privilege of the second order, and to utilise this privilege is to manifest the power of Goddess Lakshmi.


5. Hospitality to the Atithi (unexpected guest)
 :

Hospitality to the Atithi (unexpected guest)
 : - is an important aspect of Lakshmi.

Where a stranger or a guest is turned away, there Lakshmi does not abide.

But where there is a welcome for the beggar and the unexpected guest, there Lakshmi dwells in all Her radiance and blesses that home.

Hospitality, charity and generosity are important aspects of Goddess Lakshmi which have to be diligently and religiously preserved by the devout Hindu Grihastha.

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